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On October 9, 2008, Citigroup abandoned its attempt to purchase Wachovia's banking assets, allowing the Wachovia-Wells Fargo merger to go through. However, Citigroup pursued $60 billion in claims, $20 billion in compensatory and $40 billion in punitive damages, against Wachovia and Wells Fargo for alleged violations of the exclusivity agreement ...
Wachovia: Westcorp Inc. (holding company for WFS Financial Inc and Western Financial Bank) Wachovia: $3.91 Billion [36] Wells Fargo: 2006 NewAlliance Bank: Cornerstone Bank NewAlliance Bank: NewAlliance Bank: 2006 Capital One Financial Corporation: North Fork Bank: Capital One Financial Corporation: $13.2 Billion [37] Capital One Financial ...
Citigroup did not block the merger, but indicated they would seek damages of $60 billion for breach of an alleged exclusivity agreement with Wachovia. [14] The merger created a coast-to-coast super-bank with $1.4 trillion in assets and 48 million customers and expanded Wells Fargo's operations into nine Eastern and Southern states.
When Wells Fargo (WFC) dived in and broke up a government-backed bid by Citigroup (C) for teetering Wachovia last fall, it seemed like a logical move. Buying Wachovia would give Wells a coast-to ...
Wells Fargo has announced which Wachovia bank branches will be changed over to its own name this year as it continues to fold the former bank giant into its own brand. In a Wells Fargo-Wachovia ...
In a Wells Fargo-Wachovia blog post, company social media program manager Doug. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Wachovia, Charlotte, North Carolina: Wells Fargo, San Francisco, California: Retail and investment banking $ 1.5 × 10 ^ 10 [30] October 7, 2008: Landsbanki: Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority: Commercial bank [31] [32] October 8, 2008: Glitnir: Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority: Commercial bank [33] [34] October 9, 2008 ...
The negotiations failed. Citigroup was unwilling to take on more risk than the $42 billion that would have been the cap under the previous FDIC-backed deal (with the FDIC incurring all losses over $42 billion). Citigroup did not block the merger, but sought damages of $60 billion for breach of an alleged exclusivity agreement with Wachovia. [63]